Malware

Internet of Things devices are driving up the number of Linux malware variants. Linux-based systems are everywhere and a core part of the internet infrastructure, but it's low-powered Internet of Things (IoT) devices that have become the…

The Nobelium hacking group continues to breach government and enterprise networks worldwide by targeting their cloud and managed service providers and using a new custom "Ceeloader" malware. Nobelium is Microsoft's name for the threat…

NEW DELHI: Analyst at Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, Tatyana Shishkova, took to Twitter to alert Android phone users about the return of the potent Joker malware on Google play store. Shishkova found that the Joker malware infecting at least…

Security researchers discovered that attackers are also deploying a Linux backdoor on compromised e-commerce servers after injecting a credit card skimmer into online shops' websites. The PHP-coded web skimmer (a script designed to steal…

Is your USB data transfer really slow these days? Here's how to give it a boost The USB drive is a ubiquitous way to transfer data between devices. Given how compact and lightweight they can be, the humble USB drive is one of the best…

A ‘nearly impossible to analyze’ version of the malware sports a bootkit and ‘steal-everything’ capabilities. The FinSpy surveillance kit has been driven from its hiding place following an eight-month investigation by Kaspersky…

State-sponsored hackers affiliated with Russia are behind a new series of intrusions using a previously undocumented implant to compromise systems in the U.S., Germany, and Afghanistan. Cisco Talos attributed the attacks to the Turla …

Black Lotus Labs revealed on Thursday that it's discovered new malware that uses the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to avoid being detected by security tools. WSL debuted in 2016 alongside the Windows 10 Anniversary Update as a way to…

Hackers, unfortunately, are always coming up with clever new ways to steal or access secure information. Some recently detected Android malware, dubbed Vultur, is using a brazen new method for harvesting login credentials for over 100…

Taiwanese security firm CyCraft has released a free application that can help victims of the Prometheus ransomware recover and decrypt some of their files. Available on GitHub, the decryptor effectively works by brute-forcing the…